Monday* December 24, 1962

Stoiy Of That First Christmas

LUKE: 2, 6-19 grel a multitude of heavenly host praising

And so it was, that while they were God and saying, there, the days were accomplished that Glory to God in the highest, and on she should be delivered. ^ earth peace, good will toward men.

And she brought forth her firstborn came to pass as the angels were

son. and wrapped him in swaddling ?^one away from them into heaven, the clothes, and Jaid him in a manger; be- shepherds said one to another. Let us cause there was no room for them in the S' even unto Bethlehem, and see inn. ' this thing which is come to pass, which

And there were in the same country ttie Lord hath made known unto us. shepherds abiding in the field keying they came with haste and found

watch over their flock by night. ^and Joseph, and the babe lying

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came And^rw'+v,i,'irKn.5 + j

uoon them, and the glotw of the Lord

. shone round about them: and thev were was told

sore afraid. ' concemin.sr this child.

And the aneel said unto them, Fear at "those ^tWnrs not: for behold. I bring you good tidings bv the shenhe^i^s -them

of great .joy, which shall be to all people. But Ma^* keot nil fi,* a

For unto you is bom this day in the poSi^ SemTn her be?H^ city of Dayid a Sayior, which is Christ heart.

And thi shall he a sign unto you Ye Ecich, Ih HlS C^VTll

WniiiltiS""'"''''"*Way, Find Christmas

And suddenly there was with the an-

The Unmerriest Oiristmas List

The Assembly ..s Santa ClauS'

Clunys' Gift

By JOHN ABNEY

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES RALEIGHIn Raleigh, it is aid. the General Assembly is Santa Claus, depending < whether youve been bad or good, and there are many little parodies which go like this;

Twas on the day before Christmas,

And aR around the square. Not a state official was stirring.

No statements anywtere.

The DemocratsAn explanation of what happened in Guilford County.

The Republicans More of what happened in Guilford Ck)unty.

Mexicos Big Debates

MEXICO CITY There is some pretty exclttng news

were

All their, stockings hung,

by the State House with care.

In hopes that the legislature.

Soon would be there (and increase and not pare.)

The elected and appointed were nestled.

And snug in their beds. While visicms of appropriations.

Danced through their beads.

Wishing wont make It so, of course, and U wont matter if Christmas is a little late, but all of the requests are touching, if not deservingand there might be a peek or two at what they asked.

Tor example, the State Highway Commissicm Is wishing for a way to find an extra $35 million a year for paving projects.

Dr. Chris Crittendena new building for State Archives and History.

The City of Wilmington A high-level Cape Pear river bridge.

Wilson. Greenville, Rocky MountAn eastern North Carlina airport.

Hugh CamuxkA dictionary of new words to explain credit balance.

Wachovia Ba^kA branch in Hickory.

Thad Eure A* IjnUet-proof vest to wear In Mitchell County.

William C. FridayApproval erf a one University COTicept,

The City of Raleigh Reinstatement of the Dixie Classic.

Charlotte CollegeUniversity status.

Jim HinkleA big new industry for every city and town in North Carolina.

Where does one find the joy of Christmas?

It stems from embers that glow in every human heart, rekindled at this season of the year by the spirit of love that is reflected in numerous ways by those whose inner feeling of gratitude must find outward expression.

... depicts the joy of Christmas more ex

citingly than the sparkling eyes of a little girl on Christmas morning as she clutches the doll she has dreamed of for so many months? Or* the radiant face of the little boy who suddenly finds himself the possessor of the simple toy that has been his

hearts desire? . ______ __________

The inv nf j maybe they will legalize

V. of Christmas is found in the warm gambling in Mexico and we

_ nana tnat is extended to help another person. It some very Interesting de-

A big blue heron, a bird found in the silent thankfulness of a mother who

rarely seen in parts of North knows, because of someon's kindnp?q fhnf ho,- Things like morals, horse Carolina. feU victim to both children will ho rtoli Kmaness, that her racing, charity, taxation, lotter-

a quirk of nature and of fate be well fed on .Christmas day, the les. tourists and revenue are

in Rowan County. Stove Will glow a little more brightly against being discussed and

A couple 01 Salisbury men. *>6 cold in their humble home, and the stockings

empty Then*^a'*il!^ come?"**^* This aU started because some-

serenity of that hallowed evening so manv centones ago returns with the stillness that accom'-_ , . panics every Christmas .Eve. The family is bound __________

bird tato to it^ M V children, snuggled in their beds,

Object of curiosity, and a pho- etray their dreams of tomorrow with the half-

Mi smiles that light their faces. ^^anTs

Then SimiLn and Peeples let serenity of the evening is known well to good lor eve^body. The winners

the heron loose at city lake and one whose wrinkled hands turn again to the bSshLd

It soared off into the sky. to read once more the story of the benefits.

A short time l^r, however. tiT^t Christmas. The story of a child, the storv of a The losers tear up their tic-a hunter in a field near Rock- gift . . . the irreate?f o-iff nf all

weU spotted the bird, took aim nearest gut of all . . . that came

and brought it down. Una

of the prior circumstances ___

in -hich men mighTfnr^^^^

is Visa Power Abused

Dick

les, discovered the bird along rural road and approached it to get a better look. The bird flew Into and became entangled in a barbed wire fence.

body said maybe a gambling casino in some place like Acapulco would be a boon to the tourist industry..

Up until this point, nobody

kets sadly and onier some more Martinis, which is good for the bottling Industry.

And the Lottery, which is run by the government, takes most of its mony to build hospitals or schools so there are no complaints.

Then you go out to the track on weekends and drop your contributiwis on some bum tips and people are understandhig. You can even find somebody who will stake you to a taxi back to town.

But the idea of legalized dice In Acapulco has stirred up all sorts of comment.

Of course, the backers of this theory feel that people will be sitting around . S. cities \v1th friends and somebody will say, Gee, Richard, your pockets are so loaded with those hundred dollar bills they mLke you look fat.

So Richard says, Ive been

LSrs Editors Saying...

It the slain sacrifice in which man mirrUf . : 2 zP

ep^body see it, and perhaps get pictures of it in the newspapers.

There was a gold cross of cloud in the sunset at Raleigh at five oclock on the afternoon of December 15,

It faded from gold to pink and dusky rose, and the cn^s became a dove of peace in the skyat least to those who chose to symbolize the tinted, changing cloud in the sunset of a wintry afternoon.

.U 0'' fiope that each person, in hi.s own wav

through his own searching, will find the true jov of Christmas at this season.

Ihe J-uture Is ..n Electronics

The recent record cold did an unusual thing along Raleighs busy Fayetteville street.

Just inside the outer glass doors of the Hotel Sir Walter, fronting on Fayetteville street, are planters on either side of the foyer. The planter on the south wall was more vulnerable to the chill blasts of wind when the doors were opened, the wind sweeping down the street from the north.

All of the plants in the planter on the south wall were killed. Those (HI the north wall, somewhat more protected, survived.

By ROGER BABSON BABSON PARK, Mass. If I were now in high school and had a mechanical finger I would learn aU I could about electnmics.

ELECTRICITY IN 1894 Mr. Edison had then only Just invented his Incandescent bulb lamps so common today. There was a Gloucester Electric Co. which had a djmamo in the rear of a machine shop. It had strung wires to prominent street comers where a carbon lamp hung to light the square.. This lamp consisted of two round carbon rods which were renewed each morning

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mall matter.

ing pictures of your insides. The fourth band Is made up to ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS. The above bands (except the first) would take about one inch of the ruler. Then we would have a band of VISIBLE LIGHT (the ^8ln b^d used in our present great Electrical Age), only

inch wide. The other bands are useful in the Electronic Age which we are just entering.

Below is a band that represents the INFRA-RED RAYS which are used to help those suffering from arthritis Md similar pains. Then we come to two more important bands, each

_iiwiiujLi nbout % inch wide. Following ~

by the one employe# of the^luL these is the RADAR band, which ^ right or

tie (XHnpany. about inches wide, al- wrong of Tshombes stand, but

I then developed a tlnv busi- we never heard of ra- Struelens right to disagree

ness of installing electric door before World War H. This the U. S. and the UN in

bells, working only on Satur- bands using a to- ^be matter,

days. I used two wet batter- , inches, of which on-

les. which I located In the cel- used before World

lar of the home. There were no TEL-

dry batteries, or any kind of ^^^SION and RADIO bands.

and a band reaching out Into

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

The Senate Internal Security subcommittee is concerned about the State Departments use of the visa power in what the subcommittee calls an arbitrary or frivolous manner, to punish criticism of the State Department or the United Nations. An unanimous report by the group sharply rebuked the State Department for what It has (tailed glaring abuse of vi^ power. The matter will be looked into.

The matter was brought to the attenti(Hi of the Senate subcommittee when it was reported a move was made to oust Michel Struelens, head of Katangas information service. TTiis move was labeled as an attempt to silence a dissenting voice. Struelen came to Washington two years ago to handle the post for President Molse Tshombe who has seceded from the Cen-ti:al Congolese Government.

He has opposed efforts of the U. S. and the U.N. to force Tshombe to make the mineral-rich Katanga province an Integrated part of the Congo. The Is-

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electrical appliances such as washing machines or electric irons. Radio and TV had not been even dreamed of. WIRELESS WAS UNKNOWN The greatest invention in my youth was Mr. Marconis sending of a message, or signal, without wires. This we read of in our dally newspaper, T h e Gloucester Breeze. In 1892 the electric company created by Mr. Edison with that of Mr. Houston, starting the General Electric Company in an old bowling alley at Lynn, Mass. The company was then making dynamos and other equipment for the new electric light plants starting all over the United States.

These plants used only direct electric current; alternating current had not been invented for use in transmission. My humpback friend, Charles Stelnmetz, was the first to make this useful for transformers. Only then did the Electrical Age, which has since developed so tremendously. grow.

WHAT ABOUT THE

ELECTRONIC AGE?

If any reader will take a 12 ruler and mark off twelve electromagnetic bands, he will get the secret of Electrcj^cs. The first known band at the top will be 2 wide and contain the COSMIC RAYS, which are the very shortest; these fill the room in which you are now sitting. The .scccHid band will be about an inch wide and comes from the SUNSPOTS. They are tricky and dangerous. The third band consists of X-RAYS such as are used in hospitals for tak-

a ______ ___

the unknown. Someday more will be discovered and harnessed, with marvelous possibilities in the Electronic Age, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

Just as radio has brought talking and television brings pictures Into your home, the Electronic Age will bring heat, light, taste, smell, and perhaps memory and many other things. Coal, oil, gas, and other natural resources will be used for more valuable purposes Instead of being burned up. Tremendous changes are coming. We are as backward as when I was a boy with only electric door bells!

Furthermore, I realize that I have not mentioned the possibilities of atomic power and the wonderful latent wealth in uranium oxide. Nor gravity, being studied at New Boston, N. H. This would give free power to every farmr while tlte hydrogen of the ocean could give free power to every city. I hope we vlll recognize that these gifts come from God Almighty, to whom we should be very thankful.

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Anyone who accepted preelection ads and' campaign boosting at face value probably are wondering how we'll get along without all those brilliant, able, dedicated fellows who lost.Carlsbad Cur-rent-Argus.

The subcommittee has rejected the State Departments contention that it canceled Struelens entry visa because he ceeded functions described in applying for admission to the U. S. The subcommittee points out that the evidence clearly indicates the State Department decided to initiate action against Struelen because of his criticism of the department and

the U. N. and because of the urgent representaticm from the Congo government,

The question of whether Struelens was properly granted a visa under the immigration act was simply a technical device for accomplishing what was in essence an act designed to silence a dissenting voice, the subcommittee CiMitends.

Further, said the groups report, cancellatiiMi of the visa and the surrounding and subsequent harassmehts to which the Department of State subjected him constituted a glaring abuse of the visa power and a performance unworthy of the government of a great nation dedicated to the principles of freedom and justice,

The full story hasnt been revealed by the State Department. and no doubt its views on the matter will vary greatly from that of the subcommittee. StLQ, the matter should be looked into, as the Senate group insists since if there is any alleged abuse of visa power Congress can find out about it.

The State Department may perhaps be sensitive to criticism of its policies; this doesnt give the right to arbitrarily use its influence or power to suppress such criticism. If the U. S. State Department feels its policies aie right, then it shouldnt concern itself with criticism from whatever source.

We are sure the State Department would like to air this matter so as to clear up any c(hi-<iem the State Internal Security subccMnnilttee might have about the manner in which the State Department handles Its visa power or other Influence.

arrested twice for littering because they keep falling out. Lets go to Acapulco and get rid of a few.

Game tables and colored lights bring tourists like in Las Vegas and this got the governor of Nevada Involved with the lineal press.

Some news men ^ke to Gov. Grant Sawyer the other day and asked him all about gambling.

And the governor got very cautious and told them, Lets get something straight. There are twenty-six states in the United States whose revenue from legalized gambling is greater than Nevadas,

Then somebody asked Gov. Sawyer if he considered gambling immoral and he answered, Whos to decide? There are many people who consider bullfighting immoral.

The Acapulco people keep looking at the story which says more than 18 million tourists went to Nevada last year and they nudge each other and say, You think they went there to fish?

Trouble here is they have a Federal Law of Games and Lotteries which is pretty stiff about building casinos for people to set at tables and exchange funds.

Ex-President Miguel Aleman, head of the National Tourism Council, considers a little Blackjack and Roulette would bring in tourists, enthusiasm and a tidy revenue to benefit the government.

The Whigs whQ oppose the Idea go out to the Jockey Club and witness cavalry charges over a steak (beef) and say, The whole concept of gambling is wicked and will attract an unwholesome element. Hang on a minute while I pick up a combination ticket on Number Pour which Is riding fine odds today.

And it ends up that gambling Is considered sinful on one side and beneficial on the other. Nobody gets anywhere except the journalists who gather once a week for a session of five Card stud and everybody hates each other for the next six days.

Use Christmas Seals

Fo All

EDITORS NOTE Will ^ta Claus really come to our house? That is the most anxious question la America today It^is answered in the following column, written for parents to read ^oud to their chdren. Sin(% its first appearance in 1948, it has beccnne a scrapbook favorite in many homes.

By HAL BOYLE

NORTH POLE (AP) Hes off!

Santa Claus Is on Ids way at last.

The jolly old saint and hls famous reindeer are zooming through the arctic skies right now, heading for the American border. Hell reach it tonight.

The northern lights switched on to a clear, steady green toe g^ahe^ signal. And the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sent Santa this message:

We are clearing all air lines In your path, old boy. There Is no speed limit for you tonight. The sky Is yours. Go as fast as you like. Good luck!

And Santa needed that wide clear road in toe sky. For his big red sleigh was piled so high with gifts it overflowed. It lo<rfc-ed like a flying hayrack as it raced through the cold crisp air.

Oh, dear; oh, dear, worried Santa, just before the takeoff. I do hope none of the presents fall out and bean some poor innocent rabbit down below. I believe this must be the heaviest load Ive had In 20 years.

What is he fretting about? whispered Dander to Vixen. Hes only riding in toe sleigh. We have to pull It.

Just thKi Mrs. Santa Claus came running out waving a long piece of paper.

You almost forgot your list of good children, she said.

Never mind, replied Santa. I dont need it. 'This year Im going to give a present to every little boy and girl, good or bad. The bad ones will feel sorry then, because they know they dont deserve a nice present. Itll make 'em try harder to be good next year.

That isnt according to Hoyle, said Mrs. Claus, who likes to play bridge. But It does make sense, you old softie.

Santa stood up to crack hls whip in the airthe sign^ to be off. But then he heard a small voice crying;

It was Cluny, Santas favorite little elf. The other elves gossiped about auny and said she was clumsy at making toys. But Santa knew it was only because she was so young. He liked her because she had a good heart.

Here, said the tiny elf, holding up a small shiny figure.

' Whats this? Whats this? grumbled Santa. Youre too late. My pack is already loaded.

It Is only my present to the world, said Cluny. I made it at night in my room all by myself.

Santa took the little figure from her hands. It was a beautiful angel with butterfly wings and a robe of purest white. In her hand the angel held a small magic wand.

It te the angel (rf peace, explained Cluny.

Why, auny! said Santa, this is better than all toe other gifts put together. IU see that your angel waves her wand for one day at least over every home in the land.

And he picked up auny and gave her a big whisker - tickly kiss on her cheek. Then he picked up his long whip again and cracked it sharply in the frost air.

Ho, ho, ho! Here we go! he roared. Ho, ho, ho! Here we go!

The eight reindeer leaped forward and the big sleigh began sliding through the snow. Paster, faster, faster and then they were off the ground and into the air.

Santa was on his way. And tonight, If you go to bed. he will come to your house, wherever you are.

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America Is the only ooun-^ businessmen get to-

rignr IB and Other gether over $10 steaks to dis-Respiratory Diseases times.Greenville

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Analysis Of Todays Trends

By ELMER ROESSNER

Here are more look - aheads In business, based on analyses of developing trends;

Higher interest rates: The Kennedy tax-cut proposals may first increase the deficit. The government will have to sweeten Interest rates to borrow more money. Of course, if the Kennedy scheme works, the cut in taxes will stimulate industry so much that tax payments will rise, the government will have to borrow lesS and hence interest rates will fall.

The If Is big. Let you r plans pivot on higher interest rates for the first half of 196.3.

Pesticide restrictions: "The excitement over the possible human consequences of Inaecti-cides wUl be reflected in Mils introduced into legislatures in January. In Maryland, l^is-lation to prohibit the use of DDT and nine other common insecticides will be introduced.

Carl A. Strandberg, George Washington University professor of geology, al.'ip recommended legtelatioo to rcstiict the sale

of hard detergents, which disrupt septic tank operations and contaminate drinking water.

Action in Maryland may

spread to other states, putting the chemical industry lobby back to work in your capital. LOUSY TV MOVIES

Block-booking verboten: The Supreme Court had ruled that block'.^ooking of movie.s on televisin Is as illegal as block

booking 111 movie houses.

Block booking i.s the system whereby movies or stations

have to tajee toe duUies along with the goodies.

So now that television stations

New York, newspaper advertising rates will increase. M e r-chants will adjust advertising budgets accordingly. Where newspaper advertising can prove it will pay off, newspapers will continue to get a heavy share of toe market.

But when higher rates do not yield better returns, advertisers will shift to other media. In some areas, the entire advertising pattern will be changed.

Markets threatened: The steel industry te readying a strong public appeal for legislaUon to keep foreign steel out of the United States. U.S. Steel launched the campaign with bitter statements that welded stand-in West

because foreign whiskies m 1 y be easily Imported, while American whiskies are systematically barred from foreign countries by tariffs and quotas.

Note: Americam can get bourbon and rye abroad if they shout loud enough, damaging our international relations for toe satisfaction of a drink. Tip to travelers: Shout.

need not take the clinkers along with the others, youll see on- ^ ,

ly good movies on television?

Forget it, glassy-eyes. There arent that many good ones, since a busy station uses as many as l,0(X) films a yeaj*.

Youll stl be seeing the saike old mixture; one good old show and eleven clinkers.

Costlier rdvertising: Regardless of the settlement of new.s-paper strikes in Cleveland and

OLD PROMOTER WANTS JUST ONE I.AW FOR HIM

I see that about 31,000 new laws will be enacted by state legLslatures in the coming yeai-, the Old Promoter remarked after he dropped in today and helped himself generously to cigars in the Christ-

Gei-many. Britain and Belgium-' leceived from

Luxembourg is being dumped in Association of To-

the U. S. at less than the cost of production here.

Equttiity in spirits to be demanded: Look for the U.S. liquor Industry to demand that the new Congress give it an equal break with foreign distlllens. American distillers are enraged

bacco Distributors.

Hope you will obey them I commented.

Sure. But all I want Is one law that wiU provide all Old

standing, with lifetime pensions.

And believe you me. stranger laws will be passed in 1963.

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